New Reveals (Ultraman, Godzilla) & Other Stuff

There have been several figure reveals and news this week that caught my attention. The first one being that S.H. Figuarts finally put out promo photos for their upcoming Mother of Ultra figure. She was teased at some show last winter, and I'm glad she's finally getting an official release. Preorders are now up (and yes, I've purchased one already), and she releases in late September. Her accessories include several pairs of hands, as well as her pink healing beam. She looks great, and I can't wait to have her in hand. Here's hoping that they give us that Birdon figure that was shown at that same event show.

In other news, the teaser trailer for the upcoming Ultraman Omega series is out, as well as several promotional photos. He has a mostly red design, with a large crest on his head (it's actually a weapon that can be removed, similar to Ultraseven's and Zero's eye sluggers). From the brief synopsis, Omega will arrive on Earth with amnesia, and slowly begin to remember who he was and where he came from. It will premier in July. I'm looking forward to it, and I hope it turns out as good as Arc.

The other big surprise regarding Omega is the S.H. Figuarts have already revealed a figure for it, due out in August. That's surprising and fast, as they usually wait until after the premier of a new series to reveal the figure for it. This one will be out within a month of the show's debut. It will come with an alternate color timer, several pairs of hands, and that eye slugger weapon, called Omega slugger. The description also says interchangeable head part. Not sure if it will be an extra head without the weapon, or a small piece to replace the removable weapon. It's already up for pre-order on several sites. His look is interesting enough that I just might get one.

The other reveal is that Hiya finally put up photos of the final version of their soon to be released King Ghidorah 1991 figure. It looks darker than I thought it would be, but still quite arresting with its golden/copper shine. The sculpt is fantastic. Let's hope the articulation is as great as the figure looks.

Hiya had recently shown final product photos of their Godzilla '91 figure as well, and while it was also darker than the initial promo photos, I think the final product actually looks better. This one is also due out very soon. I've already pre-ordered both from Kowkis, so they will officially be my first Hiya kaiju figures that I own (providing there are no further issues with the idiot's poorly thought out tarrifs against China, which, surprise surprise, he's already caving on). But anyway, looking quite forward to these two.

And finally, here are several photos I've taken of various kaiju and Ultra figures these past few weeks.

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Help Me… I’m Possessed (1974) / #Missingcouple (2024)

I've watched some weird, obscure horror movies throughout my life. I can now add this lurid 1974 schlockfest to that growing list. In a castle in the desert, Dr. Arthur Blackwood runs a sanitarium filled with mentally disturbed patients (as well as staff). He claims to be working on finding a way to cure people of any violent tendencies they have, and brags about his younger sister, innocent, child-like Melanie, as evidence that his treatment works. When she was a child, their parents had to keep her locked up and chained in the basement, to control her violent fits. Now that he's cured her, Arthur has his wife Diane come to the castle to meet Melanie, so that they can be one big, happy family. Diane begins to grow suspicious that something is amiss after a Sheriff shows up investigating the murder of 2 local teens, and sets about on her own investigation, hoping to uncover the sinister secrets that she feels her husband is hiding. Help Me... I'm Possessed is an outrageous,...

Titanic Creations Yongary 1967

This figure was released in late December, and I got it about 2 days before the New Year, so I'm counting it as a 2025 release. It is the Titanic Creations version of the Korean kaiju Yongary, Monster From The Deep. The film was released in 1967 as a Godzilla ripoff, with several ideas copied from the Gamera series, such as his tusks, his ability to fire a stream of flames from his mouth, and even firing a laser beam from his horn, similar to the slicing one used by Gyaos. The film is pretty goofy, but Yongary, like most of those Asian monsters, was pretty cool (to me, at least), so I was psyched that someone finally made a figure of this lesser known kaiju. When Titanic Creations put it up for pre-order, they announced a series of tiers, where they would add accessories when a certain number of orders were met. Enough fans ordered him, so that Yongary ended up with a shit ton of stuff, making him absolutely worth the price. In addition to the kaiju, you get a flame breath effect, ...

RicSan Custom Toys Kyōrū Kaiju (Titanosaurus)

My latest kaiju figure purchase is the Titanosaurus made by Ricsan Custom Toys. I own and love the Varan & Gabara, so of course I had to preorder this one when it was available. He was delivered earlier this week. This kaiju hails from the last Godzilla film of the Showa era, 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla. The Black Hole aliens are back, rebuilding their robot in another effort to take over the planet. They enlist the help of an ostracized Earth scientist named Mafune and his daughter Katsura, who are able to control an aquatic dinosaur named Titanosaurus. They plan to use both kaiju and mecha to attack Japan. Titano was a cool monster, with his tail that opened into a fish fin, and he would use it to create whirlpools in the sea, and high winds on land. I'm hoping that S.H. Monsterarts makes one for the 50th anniversary of the film, but when I saw this Ricsan Custom version, I couldn't pass it up. Titanosaurus (called the Kyōrū Kaiju), comes in a white box, with its n...

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